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In this course, you will become familiar with the responsibilities of a technical editor. We will spend much of the semester practicing editing skills but will also consider the job of the editor, including the relationship of editor and writer and the organizational aspects of being an editor. These aspects include organizational style guides, forms of technical editing in different industries, the role of the technical writer and editor in organizational culture, and technology and its impacts on editing and style.
Pringle, Mary Margaret. University of Minnesota (2001). Academic>Courses>Undergraduate
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Globalization, Localization, Translation 
The best way to create documents that localize and translate well is to follow the general guidelines for good technical writing, know English as well as possible, and know at least one foreign language as well as possible.
Pringle, Mary Margaret. University of Minnesota (2001). Presentations>Language>Localization
#20151
Participles Becoming Prepositions--Some Arcane Information for Editors
A presentation that accompanies the paper of the same name at http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~mpringle/UsingPaper.rtf.
Pringle, Mary Margaret. STCTC (2001). Presentations>Editing>Grammar>Minimalism
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Participles Becoming Prepositions--Some Arcane Information for Editors
In English, some participles have already become prepositions. The author noticed in her work as a technical editor that most of her writers seemed to perceive the participle 'using' as a preposition already although it is not listed as such in the dictionary. The paper gives the evidence and rationale for making such a claim. It offers a window on written language change in progress and celebrates the language user’s ability to make the stolid dialect we call technical writing more vigorous and efficient by turning a participle into a preposition.
Pringle, Mary Margaret. STCTC (2001). Presentations>Editing>Grammar>Minimalism
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Putting A College Course Online: A Development Log 
The high dropout rate for many online college courses is due in part to a failure to adapt teaching materials and methods to the medium and to user needs. The author joined an intensive instructional design project and developed an online college course using WebCT with courseware development software. Constructivist pedagogy and today’s instructional technology are a good match, giving online instructors the conceptual and practical tools they need to construct a rich learning environment. The emphasis on user analysis and meeting users at the point of need inherent in technical communication is also vital to the success of online learning.
Pringle, Mary Margaret. STC Proceedings (2002). Articles>Education>Instructional Design>Online
